mime

Use body language to make people fun.

•Body language is a form of ___________

communication, which

consists of:

• _______________

• _________

• __________________

•and ____________.

non-verbal

body postures

gestures

facial expressions

eye contact

Come here!Bad!

Good!

Good luck!Me?

I don’t know!

I will kill you!Tunisia

zeroFrance

moneyJapan

considered rude (an insult)

Spain, Germany, Brazil

all right, perfectThe USA, China

MeaningCountry

The ring gesture

Making a circle with the thumb and index finger

anger

fear

joy

sorrow

contempt 轻视

surprise

disgust 厌恶

Different ways to greet

handshake a loving huga kiss on the cheek

nose-kisstwo palms together bowing

Look at the picture and the title, guess what the text is

about?

woman from FranceDarlene Coulon

man or woman from China?I

man from JordanAhmed Aziz

man from CanadaGeorge Cook

man from JapanAkira Nagata

woman from BritainJulia Smith

man from ColombiaTony Garcia

DescriptionName

Fill in the information about international students

Mr. Garcia (Columbia, South America) meet Julia Smith (Britain, Europe)

George Cook (Canada, North America) meet Akira Nagara (Japanese, East Asia)

I(Chinese, East Asia) meet Ahmed Aziz (Jordan, West Asia)

Madame Coulon (France, West Europe) meet Mr. Garcia (Columbia, South America )

Part 1.

(para. 1)

Part 2

(para. 2 &

3)

Part 3.

(para. 4)

Part 4.

(para. 5)

Examples of different ways of

greetings in different

countries.

People in different countries

have different body language.

Summary of body language.

I went to the airport to meet

the international students.

Skim the passage and match the main idea with each part.

• Para. 1

• Why did the international students come to China?

• When they were in China, where did they live and eat?

• After they entered the waiting area, how did they feel?

• Para. 2: Two cultural mistakes:

Tony Garcia

Julia Smith

The first mistake

(Columbia)

(Britain)

He approached Julia, ___________________ and ______ her on the ______.She ____________ appearing _________ and put up her hands, as if __________.

touched her shoulderkissed

cheek

stepped backsurprised

in defence

The second mistake Akira

Nagata (Japanese)

George Cook(Canada)

He _______ his hand ____ to the Japanese student.

He _______ so his nose ________George’s ____________.

bowedtouched

moving hand

reached out

• Act and retell the two cultural mistakes

The 1st mistake

Tony Garcia (Columbia)

Julia Smith (Britain)

The 2nd mistake

Akira Nagata (Japanese)

George Cook (Canada)

• Para. 3

Jordan

Colombia

France

China

Jordan

Country

nodded at the girlsAhmed Aziz

Tony Garcia

shook hands & kissed twice on the cheek

Darlene Coulon

moved backI

moved closer & shook hands

Ahmed Aziz

ActionName

culture conflict

shared custom

Is the author male or female? How do you know?

Male. Because Ahmed Aziz only shakes hands with men.

• Para. 4

• Most common way of greetings: ____________.

not mentioned

very close

not very close

Physical Distance

bowJapan

likely to touchSpain, Italy or South America

not touch strangers

Britain

ActionCountry

shaking hands

Not all cultures greet each other the same way, nor are they comfortable in the same way with touching or distance.

Para. 5: True or False?

• Body language in some countries is good while

some in others is bad.

• These actions are not good or bad.

• All members of a culture behave in the same way.

• Not all members of a culture ….

• Learning English well can certainly help avoid

difficulties in today’s world of cultural crossroads.

• Studying international customs can ….

• Conclusion

study international customs

solution?

Discussion• How to study international customs?

• reading books

• watching TV news / dramas / movies

• travelling

• studying abroad

• ...

being exposed to other cultures

• Summary:

• Body language is ________ from culture to

_______. Not all _________ of a culture _______

in the _____ way. We should try to understand

and _______ each other’s culture in order to

make good ______________.

• A famous saying about dealing with cultural

difference:

different

culture members behave

same

respect

communication

Do you think body language is important?

Can you give some situations in our daily life where body language is the only form of communication?

DiscussionDiscussion

Thousand-hand Kwan-yin

Be aware of the culture differences.

Find out the topic sentence of each paragraph.Para. 1:

Para. 2:

Para. 3:

Para. 4:

Para. 5:

Para. 6:

Para. 7:

Of course, body language can be … are universal.The most universal facial expression is …and put people at ease.

From the time we are babies, …or anger by frowning.There are many ways …almost worldwide.

How about …make me appear to be uninterested

Being respectful…give a hug to a boss or teacher.

With so many cultural…in body language.

①

② ③ ④

⑤ ⑥

⑦

①

② ③ ④ ⑤ ⑥

⑦

What is the structure of the passage?

A BB

• Reading: SHOWING OUR FEELINGS• Find out key points for each paragraph.• Main idea:

• Points: para2. Showing happiness

para3. Showing unhappiness or anger

para4. __________________________

para5. __________________________

para6. __________________________

Body language has many universal gestures and actions.

Universal body language to show agreement or disagreement

Universal body language to show boredom

Universal body language to show respect

universal body language

1. smiling

2. frowning or turning one’s back to someone

to show good feelings

to show anger

3. making a fist and shaking it at someone

to threaten that person

false smilesunhappy smiles

universal body language

5. shaking the head from side to side

to show disagreement or refusal

6. looking away from a person or yawning

to show you are uninterested

4. nodding the head up and down

to show agreement

universalbody language

8. rolling your eyes and turn your head away

to show you do not believe what you hear or you do not like it

9. standing at a little distance with open hands

to show you are willing to listen

7. turning toward and looking at someone or something

to show you are interested

• Listening P62

• Ex. 2: True or False?• Chimps and humans have the same

body language.• Jane says that smiling makes chimps

look more friendly.• Humans always shout when they feel

angry.• Both chimps and humans want to

feel safe and protected.• We often show affection when we like

someone.

• Ex. 3:• Both humans and chimps smile when they

are nervous because __________________________________

• Both humans and chimps ________, and try to make themselves look bigger and more frightening by _______________________________________

• Both humans and chimps __________________________ _________ to make their babies feel safe.

• Bigger chimps make the small ones feel safe by _______________________________________

they hope an enemy will not hurt them.

stand up

waving their arms or standing over the others.

hold their babies and hug and kiss them

touching them or kissing and hugging them.

• Listening task P65 Put the pictures into correct order

6

54

3

2

1 A

FE

DC

B

• Lunch with a friend• Shen Lei’s friend comes from _______.• The reason for Shen Lei’s coming late:

___________________.• Beautiful decorations and flowers in

front of the restaurant are to give _____________ to the owners and for _________.

• How much is the Mandarin fish? _______.• Julie says, “What does that mean? It

looks like you are _____________ at the waitress.”

• People in both countries use fingers _______________.

Canada

the traffic was terrible

congratulationsgood luck

38 yuan

pointing a gun

to show numbers